Skip to main content
. 2017 Jan 31;12(1):e0171343. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0171343

Table 3. ESR1 conversions from primary tumor to metastasis specified by site of metastasis.

ESR1 conversion primary to metastasis Metastasis type N dCq APOBEC3B dCq APOBEC3B P-value* P-value*
Primary (Average) Metastasis (Average)
Not converted loco-regional lymph node 15 -6.4 -5.97 0.61 0.032
distant metastasis 27 -5.86 -4.87 0.015
ESR1- primary to ESR1+metastasis loco-regional lymph node 5 -8.26 -6.57 0.11 0.041
ESR1+ primary to ESR1- metastasis distant metastasis 8 -7.8 -5.16 0.07

* Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test